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Immune, metabolic and tau markers in blood cells in progressive supranuclear palsy Feb 24, 2025

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Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández and Dr Tommaso Schirinzi discuss the results of his study evaluating markers of immune response, metabolism, inflammatory regulation and tau levels in blood cells in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). They also discuss how these results contribute to the growing evidence of neuroinflammation contributing to the pathogenesis of PSP.
Journal CME is available until October 21, 2025 Read the article.

Hot Topic: Tissue-based biomarkers in Parkinson's disease Nov 20, 2023

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For this Hot Topics episode, Dr. Eduardo Fernandez sits down with Dr. Thomas Beach to discuss the advances and challenges ahead in tissue biomarkers for Parkinson's disease, including colon, salivary gland and skin biopsies.

Inflammation is an early feature of Parkinson's disease May 29, 2023

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Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Talene Yacoubian on an article recently published on the Movement disorders journal that reveals increased inflammatory markers in recently diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease without medication, suggesting the important role of inflammation from the early stages of the disease. Furthermore, inflammatory biomarkers are related to cognition.
Journal CME is available until May 22, 2024 Read the article.

Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Critical Review of Objective Findings Jan 16, 2023

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Prof Martino points out the existent literature concerning the objective findings in the 3 cardinal domains of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Read the article.

Implanted system for orthostatic hypotension in multiple-system atrophy Aug 22, 2022

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Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Drs. Gregoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch about the use of an implanted spinal cord stimulator for the treatment of orthostatic hypotension in multiple-system atrophy. Read the article.

How not to conduct a peer review: Fatal, avoidable errors. Jun 27, 2022

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In this episode of the special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Shweta Prasad speaks with Prof. Jose Obeso to discuss some points on how NOT to conduct a peer review.

How to review an original scientific article May 02, 2022

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For this episode of our special series focused on the peer review process, Dr. Alana Kirby speaks with Dr. Tony Lang about how to approach reviewing an original scientific article.

Infectious agents as drivers of synucleinopathies? Apr 25, 2022

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Dr. Tiago Outeiro interviews Dr. Morgane Linard about the recently published article, "Infectious Agents as Potential Drivers of α-Synucleinopathies." Read the Article. Journal CME will be available for this article until March 18, 2023.

How to manage Parkinson's disease and related disorders, and is there a link between COVID and PD? May 18, 2020

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Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Prof. Angelo Antonini on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders patients and how to manage them. And also, what is the evidence of a link between COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease? Read the article

Huntington's disease | Congress 2019 Oct 23, 2019

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As part of the MDS Congress 2019 Special Issue, Dr. Schaefer and Dr. Sarah Tabrizi discuss the evolving research in disease-modifying therapies for Huntington's Disease, and what may come next. Read the article

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